Apple pushes child safety forward with iOS 27, revamping Screen Time into a streamlined dashboard that shows weekly usage and top apps. Parents can pause or grant temporary access on the fly, keeping Always Allowed contacts online. The overhaul demands every Family Sharing device run iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, or visionOS 27.

New Time Allowances let parents set daily caps across categories like Entertainment, Games, and Social Media, with suggested limits from pediatric research and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Custom categories appear, and Ask to Buy approvals instantly slot apps into a chosen allowance. Schedules add time blocks for school days, weekends, and holidays.

Ask to Browse extends Ask to Buy to Safari, blocking adult sites by default for under‑18 users and requiring parent approval before a child visits a new web page. Embedded content follows the same rule, so a YouTube video will not load on a cleared site if YouTube itself is blocked. Communication controls now filter new contacts in Messages, FaceTime, and Phone.

Apple also tightens group chats, letting parents approve a single contact while allowing the entire group to function. Communication Safety now flags gore or violent material in shared media, adding to its existing nudity warnings. iOS 27 is in developer beta; a public beta will drop in July before the fall release, with a dedicated Child Safety site for details.